Sir Admiral Arion OrionisThe Exile Speech (excerpt)
97 AFE – 14 days after Nightfall
Our planet is shrouded in a cloud of death, encircled by barbaric steel birds of prey, her people held subject to the brutal dictates of imperial fascists who hold their lives in an iron grip of tyranny. Ash and debris -that a fortnight ago were magnificent cities- now cast the planet which never knew darkness into what has come to be called Nightfall. And we -the last of her unbroken defenders- are now Exiled Sentinels; hunted, hiding, scurrying about the nebulae we once ruled. Five hundred years ago Alaria was founded by the Eternal Hero Damian Stark - captaining the Titan class dreadnought named the Cantus Nocti. Our beautiful Alaria – the Planet of Light- was created to be the second homeworld for a doomed Earth, when all hope seemed lost to the Motherworld. But four centuries of independence was ended by the very Titan which created her. Fear not! As surely as the night sky tells a tale of doom to those on her darkened surface, we shall return to Alaria and bring an end to her night once more. Doubt not! the Planet of Light will know freedom and light once again. We shall cast out the invaders and be stronger for doing so; we few shall be her heroes. Rest not! Until our noble Alaria once again knows freedom, we must work tirelessly to pave the road to victory, we must sacrafice, we must fight and prevail